They should definitely remake it. After all they have done so with Dr Who and we all know how crap that is. Blake's 7 was way cooler. I also think that Alan Rickman would be ideal to play Avon.
They should definitely remake it. After all they have done so with Dr Who and we all know how crap that is. Blake's 7 was way cooler. I also think that Alan Rickman would be ideal to play Avon.
They should definitely remake it. After all they have done so with Dr Who and we all know how crap that is. Blake's & was way cooler. I also think that Alan Rickman would be ideal to play Avon.
My first exposure to this fantastic series was in the mid 1980's. It is the best I've ever seen to date. I like Star Trek, but it does not have the depth of character, wit, and plot lines as Blake's 7 does. I would say it deserves a re-make, but that would be an injustice and would also pale in comparison to these fine actors.
"I have never understood why it should be necessary to become irrational in order to prove you care, or indeed why it should be necessary to prove it at all." ... You don't get lines like that anymore... or as well spoken... love you Avon... Fantastic stuff... :D
A YouTube fan comment once described Avon as Mr. Spock with a bad attitude. One of the best things about B7 was that unlike Star Trek’s big happy family, the B7 crew was basically made of criminals and renegades that were forced by circumstances to work together for survival. They didn’t necessarily like each other and never seemed to all bond as close friends. Creatively that was a great choice for drama and it made the characters more believable as space going brigands.
@biggixer The Liberator's computer was the straight to the point Zen and Orac was the egotistical but highly advanced computer brought on board by Blake.
Avon! My childhood's major crush!!! And just having rewatched the whole series, that crush is BACK. LOL. Awesome series, best sf ever. Characterization in stead of special effects... nowhere to be found in the world of today, alas.
avon's awesome...i just started watching the show...people have been trying to get me to watch it for a while, but it's not available in the US...well...not legally :)...maybe if BBC America got it's shit together and gave us some quality stuff, i woul'dt have to resort to such underhanded methods...the only thing BBC America does right is doctor who...and we never got Sara Jane Adventures.... and like 1 season of primeval...was time ever fixed? don't know cause BBC(A) is cheap
(rant on BBC America cont) and from what i read, it was like pulling teeth to get Torchwood:Children of Earth....I mean if BBC is in so much need of money...rent out some of your old shows...i would like to see Quatermass...or some newer East Enders....helloo BBC Americans love accents and drama...and we can't rely on PBS forever...I was shocked when we got the modern Sherlock Holmes...ARRGGGHHHHHH anyone in the US agreeing with me?
Mashallah. Great show. Great character development. Real people : not a collection of athletes with bulging biceps and smiling supermodels that feature on most modern science fiction.
Blakes 7 was and still is brilliant. Problem is you have to forgive its weakneses which were many. But the strengths make up for it. The effects were rubbish but the stories and characters were better then anything around today.
POR FAVOR NO LEAN ESTO (me obligaron) el 13 de octubre de 1991 un niño llamado nick se tiro de un puente devido a problemas familiares si ya leiste esto deves copiar y pegar en otros 5 videos mas o si no nick vendra por toda tu familia haslo o moriran porfavor hasme caso yo lo lei y lo hise & si es verdad
@doctorw2 Yes i was watching next generation recently and it hasnt aged well it was awful to watch, this is by far much better, the dialogue beats next gens fx any day.
@METAL1ON Hey, maybe your fanboy mind can't comprehend this, but there are actually people watching this video who like "Star Trek." Don't get me wrong, "Blake's 7" is a great science fiction series, but we should not compare it to any series but itself.
If you want to see a really terrible sci-fi series, go check out that piece of donkey crap "Defying Gravity", or any series created by Irwin Allen. That guy was good at disaster films, but not science fiction.
@Scifimaster92 I like both series very much i grew up on the original star trek as well as blakes 7, but tng doesnt cut it compared to the dialogue in blakes 7, you sound like you are the fanboy.
@METAL1ON Hey, I was just saying that it would be unfair to compare the two shows. They are two different works of fiction with two different sets of rules, and therefore should be treated as such.
@METAL1ON And yes, I admit my choice of words was rather harsh, but I really have an issue with others who try to force their opinions on me. Not that you are guilty of such, but I have occasionally run into others who are guilty of doing so.
@METAL1ON Oh, and one other thing, it sounds you were watching the early episodes of TNG at the time of writing. If that's the case, I should probably let you know that, yes, TNG did start out a fairly average series, but over the course of its run it became really good. Just watch a later episode like "Redemption" or "The Inner Light" and you'll see what I mean.
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@Scifimaster92 Servalan should get her tits out and let Avon suck them and Jean luc should make all the women of the Enterprise crew walk around naked.
@METAL1ON Okay, I admit I kind of made myself look stupid, so I'll just rephrase that whole thing. If you don't like "Star Trek," that's fine, just make others feel guilty for liking it.
why is that?? Blakes 7 was science fiction at it best - before everything sci-fi had to be a action/disaster flick. Honestly....when was the last sc-fi movie/series set on someplace other than relatively modern day Earth? Shows like Blakes 7 would crush anything on TV today. I'm in the States, but this is one of my favorites...I have all 52 episodes! Terry Nation was a genius....nobody has imagination to that degree these days. Blakes 7 rules!
Yeah yeah yeah....but that show seemed like Lost in Space - and - the reason it seemed gay is because that dude wearing the gray robe in the clips seems a little queenie - with all his comments and eye rolling. Now Doctor Who with Tom Baker - that was the top shelf of 70's SciFi- I'm being honest!
Well, "Blakes 7" was created by none other than Doctor Who Dalek creator TERRY NATION. In fact, alot of the production crew that worked on 70s/80s Doctor Who also worked on Blakes 7. And B7 was less "Lost In Space" than DW was...B7 followed a band of rebels and dealt them real-life scenarios, for example covert/escape plans did not always work out, and the "good guys" sometimes didn't even come out winners at the end of an episode. Guy in grey robe?? Are you talking about Avon in the silver suit
Granted, Doctor Who is without a doubt top-notch for anytime given time during the 60s, 70s, and 80s...(though the new series leaves a bit to be desired, compared to the classic) but Blakes 7 aired between 1978 - 1981. Furthermore, seems a bit simple-minded if you ask me, it knock a series when all you've seen of it is a few clips on YouTube. Thats almost like new Doctor Who fans knocking the 11th, Matt Smith, when he's only had 90 seconds of screen time.
I would guess you never watched this series at all and have made a sweeping opinion based on a short clip that someone has put together for You Tube. Why don't you watch a few episodes, you might be surprised!
@sixstanger00 The real problem is that no-one has the inspiration to think of anything NEW anymore. It's all basically the same idea, over and over again...
@Lemau There are only two stories 1) A stranger comes to town. 2) A person starts out on a journey.
It is not so much nobody having new ideas as networks/ who ever hold the purse strings not wanting to put money on something that does not have a fan base. If the people who make the remake are able to do anything good with it the likely hood that their more "original" ideas will get produced increases.
@sixstanger00 The strange thing about Blake's 7 is that if you take anybody from a different story and put them in a B7 story they will end up dead and probably by mistake, including Darth Vader and the master of the universe in Dune.
Put the Liberator crew near a planet that's all sweeping valleys, fountains and peaceful vegetarian philosophers and they will turn it into Venus or scattered glowing dust inside 45 minutes.
@Thoughtland Yup. And again, probably by mistake. Or in the process of running away. If the Death Star ever tractored the Liberator and jailed the crew, Vila would have had them out of their cell and Orac would have overloaded the station's power and weapons reactors in ten minutes... and then they would have had to run like hell because they wouldn't have been able to _undo_ the damage.
My appreciation of the sheer knife-like wit of Avon's lines has travelled over time in inverse proportion to my appreciation of the quality of the special effects!! Some of those one-liners are superb
Has anoyone seen a newscaster on the BCC called SAM McCOY , he has that paul darrow look about him but my god he sounds just like him , check him out if you get the chance lol
Or you can say that about (the new) Doctor Who. Long goodbyes and playing for tears does not make a good Sc-fi. But what Blakes 7 lost with premitive FX they made up with high enegy cut to the chase story telling, with some impecably great lines to quote.
2:15 to 2:26 Best Avon Quote EVER! Next to, "Trust no one and you can not be betrayed." and maybe, "There are a lot of people out to get you, paranoia is simply good planning." (not sure which episodes those are from, if you know, please let me know.)
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Blake's 7 was a stunning series, and is still awesome to watch. Only Tom Baker's Dr.Who came close, but Blake's 7 had the edge with its more adult storylines and razor sharp dialogue. Thanks for the video.
Ah, BBC English. The good old days. I agree though. You'd expect the criminal class to, well, not be so hoighty toighty. Maybe it works the other way,what with Travis 2... I still love how he say co-ordinates
Avon was just pure class !! I think his comments should go into management training manuals :-) Only Servalan matched Avon for intellect (and dominatrix value)
Does anyone know if the internet rumour is true about a new script being written for a new series of blakes 7? I hope so apart from doctor who being recreated there arent many brit sci fis that are being kept alive, i rally do hope they are remaking b7 it was one of my faves as a kid.
I loved this show and used to be allowed to stay up late (to half past eight! :D) to watch it :) Perhaps it was a formative influence on my sense of humour ... Thanks, I really appreciated the trip back in time :)
We used to "play Blakes 7" - I was usually Tarrant.
It's amazing that such a dark story captured so many children's imaginations in the UK. And some of the scenes of violence and torture were truly harrowing. They'd never go out at 8:30 these days.
People can say what they like about the 'look' of the show, or how this or that element of it has aged, or was no good to start with - wit and character development are rare and will carry the day.
Avon and Villa are like a comedy duo.
waterfieldV 1 day ago
my two favourite shows when i was a kid, Blakes 7 and Dr Who... and boy i loved Avon...
fenric71 2 months ago 2
he's like the outer space version of Severus Snape
227060 2 months ago
@227060 To me he's a mix of Snape and Blackadder.
In any case, he's Avon, and he's hilarious.
viperhalberd 2 months ago
@viperhalberd hes blackadder but without the bad luck
227060 1 month ago
I'm not expendable I'm not stupid and i'm not going
sosadman1 4 months ago 7
They should definitely remake it. After all they have done so with Dr Who and we all know how crap that is. Blake's 7 was way cooler. I also think that Alan Rickman would be ideal to play Avon.
Badrobot1500 4 months ago
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Alan Rickman would be great!
naalegnalsnarf 2 months ago
@Badrobot1500 Doctor Who rocks. im not saying this doesn't at all, but it just rocks, hard
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They should definitely remake it. After all they have done so with Dr Who and we all know how crap that is. Blake's 7 was way cooler. I also think that Alan Rickman would be ideal to play Avon.
Badrobot1500 4 months ago
They should definitely remake it. After all they have done so with Dr Who and we all know how crap that is. Blake's & was way cooler. I also think that Alan Rickman would be ideal to play Avon.
Badrobot1500 4 months ago
My first exposure to this fantastic series was in the mid 1980's. It is the best I've ever seen to date. I like Star Trek, but it does not have the depth of character, wit, and plot lines as Blake's 7 does. I would say it deserves a re-make, but that would be an injustice and would also pale in comparison to these fine actors.
DarthDemaric 5 months ago
The fades make Avon trail off at his punch-lines in the first half.
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random007nadir 5 months ago
Guy is a class act.
matthewakian2 6 months ago
Saved the best for last - I've often recalled that final Avon insult ever since hearing it on the original shows around 30 years ago.
garmgorn 6 months ago
Avon: blueprint for Blackadder?
Frenchoid 6 months ago
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Yep! If Richard Burton played Blackadder, it would be Avon:)
JulianGarrick 6 months ago
you forgot one of my personal favorites from Season 2, Killer.
Vila: *taps grasshopper container* Come on, give me a smile, show a leg. *To Avon* Do you think these make good pets?
Avon: Vila.
Vila: What?
Avon: You're a fool!
Jokie155 6 months ago
"I have never understood why it should be necessary to become irrational in order to prove you care, or indeed why it should be necessary to prove it at all." ... You don't get lines like that anymore... or as well spoken... love you Avon... Fantastic stuff... :D
Soph5446 6 months ago
A YouTube fan comment once described Avon as Mr. Spock with a bad attitude. One of the best things about B7 was that unlike Star Trek’s big happy family, the B7 crew was basically made of criminals and renegades that were forced by circumstances to work together for survival. They didn’t necessarily like each other and never seemed to all bond as close friends. Creatively that was a great choice for drama and it made the characters more believable as space going brigands.
bjeh001 7 months ago 2
thanks for compiling and posting this. Avon is up there with Mr Spock and Inspector Morse - one of the great tv characters of all time.
fidomusic 7 months ago
Avon is one of the best characters ever.
TheTwillerZone 9 months ago 20
here here blakes 7 goto me through university in the late 70s well that and punk rock
i was very sad the day they died and always had a crush on serverlan.sex god of a generation after debbie harry
SuperBLAKES7 10 months ago
Why didn't Vila just land one on him? lol
Noodles37UK 10 months ago
@Noodles37UK Because Vila values his life. =D
SciFiFangirlsFTW 9 months ago
@SciFiFangirlsFTW Lol! You cheered me up.
Noodles37UK 9 months ago
Avon was pure class, you just dont see characters like that on screen these days.
Thrustnicely69 10 months ago 6
I liked when they used to ask the computer questions . Can't remember it's name good series tho.
biggixer 10 months ago
@biggixer The Liberator's computer was the straight to the point Zen and Orac was the egotistical but highly advanced computer brought on board by Blake.
audience2 7 months ago
Blake's Seven is my second favourite TV show of all time, after Dr Who. The scripts are fantastic and the narrative very compelling.
stormynortherner 11 months ago
Avon! My childhood's major crush!!! And just having rewatched the whole series, that crush is BACK. LOL. Awesome series, best sf ever. Characterization in stead of special effects... nowhere to be found in the world of today, alas.
BlackestEyes1963 11 months ago 4
@BlackestEyes1963 - Aw - you've written everything I was going to say... Just have to say I agree with everything you've written ...
Soph5446 6 months ago
VILA!!!!!! *Squees in fangirlish glee*
Oh look, Avon's there too.
SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
SciFiFangirlsFTW 1 year ago
All I remember thinking throughout this series when I watched it was "WHERE"S BLAKE!!!!!!"
moogug 1 year ago
Does the Liberator support intelligent life? Probably! The best Ship Ever!
mpc999STEP 1 year ago
avon's awesome...i just started watching the show...people have been trying to get me to watch it for a while, but it's not available in the US...well...not legally :)...maybe if BBC America got it's shit together and gave us some quality stuff, i woul'dt have to resort to such underhanded methods...the only thing BBC America does right is doctor who...and we never got Sara Jane Adventures.... and like 1 season of primeval...was time ever fixed? don't know cause BBC(A) is cheap
Akirajay38 1 year ago
(rant on BBC America cont) and from what i read, it was like pulling teeth to get Torchwood:Children of Earth....I mean if BBC is in so much need of money...rent out some of your old shows...i would like to see Quatermass...or some newer East Enders....helloo BBC Americans love accents and drama...and we can't rely on PBS forever...I was shocked when we got the modern Sherlock Holmes...ARRGGGHHHHHH anyone in the US agreeing with me?
Akirajay38 1 year ago
Avon was an utter utter utter bastard.
I thought he was brilliant.
celt67 1 year ago 11
Blakes 7 totally beats Star Trek. and any other US sci fi show
CYBERDOODY 1 year ago 2
@CYBERDOODY Obviously.
SciFiFangirlsFTW 1 year ago
Avon's been one of my favourite characters for years. Callous, calculating, and with an acidic wit that you just didn't find at the time on TV.
Rekaert 1 year ago 4
Avon's sharp tongue haha.
LidiLady 1 year ago
5 people would've been Avon's punching bag.
Seir 1 year ago 2
Avon's 7.
Kelly14UK 1 year ago 6
I Love Avon, he is amazing.
My favourite character in Blake's 7!
AJCSShp 1 year ago
Mashallah. Great show. Great character development. Real people : not a collection of athletes with bulging biceps and smiling supermodels that feature on most modern science fiction.
Abuamina001 1 year ago
"don't you ever get bored of being right?... No, just with the rest of you being wrong"!
RevengeOfTheAbyss 1 year ago 2
I seem to remember him says,"and that's exactly what they will be expecting us to do" when summing up the enemy a good few times.
johnnypocketrocket 1 year ago
Avon. *sigh*
Love Blakes 7, and Paul Darrow was/is a legend...he made the show.
Dramliza 1 year ago 4
Avon was the man .
anvilofcrom 1 year ago 2
Blakes 7 was and still is brilliant. Problem is you have to forgive its weakneses which were many. But the strengths make up for it. The effects were rubbish but the stories and characters were better then anything around today.
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POR FAVOR NO LEAN ESTO (me obligaron) el 13 de octubre de 1991 un niño llamado nick se tiro de un puente devido a problemas familiares si ya leiste esto deves copiar y pegar en otros 5 videos mas o si no nick vendra por toda tu familia haslo o moriran porfavor hasme caso yo lo lei y lo hise & si es verdad
khlau29 1 year ago
BBC are remaking blakes seven with David Mitchell as Avon. Anne Robinson is playing servalan!
beeschag 1 year ago
@beeschag I think the remake is a mistake...
sagittaep 1 year ago
@sagittaep Remakes usually are... a mistake, that is. Leave well alone, I say.
mrsotter19 1 year ago
@beeschag Wow, David Mitchell reminds me of Paul Darrow too! That would be an awesome casting.
viperhalberd 1 year ago
Great lines!
SepticTank2 1 year ago
thanks for posting this, Blakes 7 was such a great show. Paul Darrow clearly had all the best lines
chewie211171 1 year ago
avon must be a cool dad
topmate78 2 years ago
i would prefer to watch this rather than the overated star trek series.
doctorw2 2 years ago 31
@doctorw2 Yes i was watching next generation recently and it hasnt aged well it was awful to watch, this is by far much better, the dialogue beats next gens fx any day.
METAL1ON 1 year ago
@METAL1ON Hey, maybe your fanboy mind can't comprehend this, but there are actually people watching this video who like "Star Trek." Don't get me wrong, "Blake's 7" is a great science fiction series, but we should not compare it to any series but itself.
If you want to see a really terrible sci-fi series, go check out that piece of donkey crap "Defying Gravity", or any series created by Irwin Allen. That guy was good at disaster films, but not science fiction.
Scifimaster92 1 year ago
@Scifimaster92 I like both series very much i grew up on the original star trek as well as blakes 7, but tng doesnt cut it compared to the dialogue in blakes 7, you sound like you are the fanboy.
METAL1ON 1 year ago
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Scifimaster92 1 year ago
@METAL1ON Hey, I was just saying that it would be unfair to compare the two shows. They are two different works of fiction with two different sets of rules, and therefore should be treated as such.
Scifimaster92 1 year ago
@METAL1ON And yes, I admit my choice of words was rather harsh, but I really have an issue with others who try to force their opinions on me. Not that you are guilty of such, but I have occasionally run into others who are guilty of doing so.
Scifimaster92 1 year ago
@METAL1ON Oh, and one other thing, it sounds you were watching the early episodes of TNG at the time of writing. If that's the case, I should probably let you know that, yes, TNG did start out a fairly average series, but over the course of its run it became really good. Just watch a later episode like "Redemption" or "The Inner Light" and you'll see what I mean.
Scifimaster92 1 year ago
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@Scifimaster92 Servalan should get her tits out and let Avon suck them and Jean luc should make all the women of the Enterprise crew walk around naked.
METAL1ON 1 year ago
@METAL1ON Okay, I admit I kind of made myself look stupid, so I'll just rephrase that whole thing. If you don't like "Star Trek," that's fine, just make others feel guilty for liking it.
Scifimaster92 11 months ago
great series loved it
sixfields100 1 year ago
olympic chav-spannering
alexanderq123 2 years ago
Blake is a real story!!!
SolarDog69 2 years ago 2
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They should have call this show "Gays In Space"
mikeeG77 2 years ago
why is that?? Blakes 7 was science fiction at it best - before everything sci-fi had to be a action/disaster flick. Honestly....when was the last sc-fi movie/series set on someplace other than relatively modern day Earth? Shows like Blakes 7 would crush anything on TV today. I'm in the States, but this is one of my favorites...I have all 52 episodes! Terry Nation was a genius....nobody has imagination to that degree these days. Blakes 7 rules!
sixstanger00 2 years ago 58
Yeah yeah yeah....but that show seemed like Lost in Space - and - the reason it seemed gay is because that dude wearing the gray robe in the clips seems a little queenie - with all his comments and eye rolling. Now Doctor Who with Tom Baker - that was the top shelf of 70's SciFi- I'm being honest!
mikeeG77 2 years ago
Well, "Blakes 7" was created by none other than Doctor Who Dalek creator TERRY NATION. In fact, alot of the production crew that worked on 70s/80s Doctor Who also worked on Blakes 7. And B7 was less "Lost In Space" than DW was...B7 followed a band of rebels and dealt them real-life scenarios, for example covert/escape plans did not always work out, and the "good guys" sometimes didn't even come out winners at the end of an episode. Guy in grey robe?? Are you talking about Avon in the silver suit
sixstanger00 2 years ago 2
Granted, Doctor Who is without a doubt top-notch for anytime given time during the 60s, 70s, and 80s...(though the new series leaves a bit to be desired, compared to the classic) but Blakes 7 aired between 1978 - 1981. Furthermore, seems a bit simple-minded if you ask me, it knock a series when all you've seen of it is a few clips on YouTube. Thats almost like new Doctor Who fans knocking the 11th, Matt Smith, when he's only had 90 seconds of screen time.
sixstanger00 2 years ago
I would guess you never watched this series at all and have made a sweeping opinion based on a short clip that someone has put together for You Tube. Why don't you watch a few episodes, you might be surprised!
NiciJD 2 years ago 3
@sixstanger00 The real problem is that no-one has the inspiration to think of anything NEW anymore. It's all basically the same idea, over and over again...
Lemau 1 year ago
@Lemau There are only two stories 1) A stranger comes to town. 2) A person starts out on a journey.
It is not so much nobody having new ideas as networks/ who ever hold the purse strings not wanting to put money on something that does not have a fan base. If the people who make the remake are able to do anything good with it the likely hood that their more "original" ideas will get produced increases.
bonomo012 1 year ago
@sixstanger00 The strange thing about Blake's 7 is that if you take anybody from a different story and put them in a B7 story they will end up dead and probably by mistake, including Darth Vader and the master of the universe in Dune.
Put the Liberator crew near a planet that's all sweeping valleys, fountains and peaceful vegetarian philosophers and they will turn it into Venus or scattered glowing dust inside 45 minutes.
Thoughtland 1 year ago 2
@Thoughtland Yup. And again, probably by mistake. Or in the process of running away. If the Death Star ever tractored the Liberator and jailed the crew, Vila would have had them out of their cell and Orac would have overloaded the station's power and weapons reactors in ten minutes... and then they would have had to run like hell because they wouldn't have been able to _undo_ the damage.
Geminii27 1 year ago 2
Nothing better than British Sci-Fi :-D LMAO
mariarts 2 years ago
Another show from my childhood. The original Starwars Newhope reminded me of this show for some reason.
NosajVonSosaj 2 years ago
Great compilation!
RobTFirefly 2 years ago
My appreciation of the sheer knife-like wit of Avon's lines has travelled over time in inverse proportion to my appreciation of the quality of the special effects!! Some of those one-liners are superb
softwhitewolf 2 years ago 2
the last one is the best
MrCrispian 2 years ago 2
Nearly eight minutes of pure ZING...
spazzy69 2 years ago 6
At 4.00: probably the only 'one-up' Vila ever got on Avon
chewie211171 2 years ago
@chewie211171 That Avon back fired on him instantly.
METAL1ON 1 year ago
very well done, blakes 7 had some great moments that you'd miss if you didn't watch it again. Thankyou so much for posting!!!!!!!!!
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lo0pylupin 2 years ago
Vila deserves a compilation too. His lines were just as witty, especially when sparring with Avon. 'Incidental? That'll look good on my gravestone!'
lemonjapp 2 years ago
Put Avon with Dr, Smith from Lost-In-Space.
"Another word from you my good man & its off with you bubble !".
lifeseeker1 2 years ago
I love Tarrant's Star Trek: Voyager outfit.
viperhalberd 2 years ago
Hehe - he was 20 years ahead of his time!
jazzx251 2 years ago 2
Avon is a national treasure.
fireiciclespark 2 years ago 4
And a damn gorgeous one too.
spazzy69 2 years ago
Spazzy likes Avon Spazzy likes Avon...
fireiciclespark 2 years ago
Too right.
This "distillation" of the entirety of Blakes Seven just shows what great lines he got.
jazzx251 2 years ago
avon was fantastic , i soo loved blakes 7
clearbluewater1 2 years ago
I used to want to be on the Liberator with Blake's crew. Now I want to be on Firefly with Mal and Jayne and Wash etc.
Love both these shows SO much. Avon will always be my first (perverse!) love though...
Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Excellent vid. :-)
Elektra97 2 years ago
brillent stuff, this was one of the bbc's best programs of the 70-80s
chewie211171 2 years ago 3
"This one's Vila, i shall introduce him now, he's at his best when he's unconscious" classic!
Khuratokh 2 years ago 3
melindarann -- nice to know there are many out in reality who see the new WHO for what it is. ;)
HypnoToad72 2 years ago
Your name is familiar.
borgduck 2 years ago
Kerr Avon: The ultimate anti-hero :)
HypnoToad72 2 years ago
Has anoyone seen a newscaster on the BCC called SAM McCOY , he has that paul darrow look about him but my god he sounds just like him , check him out if you get the chance lol
allseeingi 2 years ago
It's no wonder YOU thought it was crap zaagman if what you were watching was the quality of their spacehelmets !!!!
dividebyN 2 years ago
What a scounrel Avon was!
anonbg 2 years ago
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By far the worst SF series ever. A cardboard box with aluminium foil and a hose don't make a realistic space helmet
zaagmans1 2 years ago
Or you can say that about (the new) Doctor Who. Long goodbyes and playing for tears does not make a good Sc-fi. But what Blakes 7 lost with premitive FX they made up with high enegy cut to the chase story telling, with some impecably great lines to quote.
melindarann 2 years ago 5
Happy Birthday, Paul Darrow!
SPeacock 2 years ago 3
Which is the one where Avon eats Villa's liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti?...or have I imagined that...
1968mjh 2 years ago
Haha, Doctor Lecter...
qwer4o 2 years ago
2:15 to 2:26 Best Avon Quote EVER! Next to, "Trust no one and you can not be betrayed." and maybe, "There are a lot of people out to get you, paranoia is simply good planning." (not sure which episodes those are from, if you know, please let me know.)
Robikus 2 years ago 4
Blake looks like my old school PE teacher Graeme Young St Lukes School Southsea (portsmouth) UK.
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Wesleyawdd 2 years ago
Outstanding!
It was Avons insults that made the show for me.
hartmusc 2 years ago
Aw, I was hoping for his most venomous jibe, "oh but you DO...."
steveasat2 2 years ago
...and that's the problem.
SPeacock 2 years ago
I'm thinking that Rodney McKay was the Canadian version of Avon.
TVwriter23 3 years ago
Blake's 7 was a stunning series, and is still awesome to watch. Only Tom Baker's Dr.Who came close, but Blake's 7 had the edge with its more adult storylines and razor sharp dialogue. Thanks for the video.
ForViewingOnly 3 years ago 6
Avon and Servalan were the best!!!!
amarieoflothlorien 3 years ago 2
agreed!
hwoods01 2 years ago
Classic and never bettered by anyone!
misterwill9066 3 years ago
I only had two childhood heroes. Ric Flair was one.
This was the other.
DevilotsAdvocate 3 years ago 2
Sweet wardrobe changes, too.
Avon is probably the only individual other than Marcellus Wallace who can look badass in a turtleneck shirt.
SD78 3 years ago 5
He could have kept them in fashion! :)
SPeacock 3 years ago
Avon was my favourite thing in this series.
martinbizarro 3 years ago
It's a toss-up as to whether Avon or Servalan put this show over the top....loved both of them!
lrthorne 3 years ago
Servalan was HOT... quite the sexy vixen..
hwoods01 2 years ago 2
One of my fave tv shows of all time.
briggsy3 3 years ago
I like that last one :-)
MRCAB 3 years ago
great wit! I wonder what Avon would say about Bush?
Glidescube 3 years ago
Great stuff but gosh, weren't the crew ever so posh.
Loftier 3 years ago
Ah, BBC English. The good old days. I agree though. You'd expect the criminal class to, well, not be so hoighty toighty. Maybe it works the other way,what with Travis 2... I still love how he say co-ordinates
mimkyodar 3 years ago
Poor Vila, the local punch bag
toleodor 3 years ago
Avon was just pure class !! I think his comments should go into management training manuals :-) Only Servalan matched Avon for intellect (and dominatrix value)
lostthe80s 3 years ago
I love how he only smiles when he's being particularly venomous.
Mawhera 3 years ago
Avon is the best. Blake and the rest of them were pointless.
matjohnroe 3 years ago
i love it! aaah, ive missed avons' wit.
quelium 3 years ago
avon-oscar wilde of the galaxy.
milkowaif 3 years ago
Hahh at 1:31 they're playing AstroMonopoly - would love to see the property on that board - what would the utilities be?
AnEclecticMusicFan 3 years ago
Does anyone know if the internet rumour is true about a new script being written for a new series of blakes 7? I hope so apart from doctor who being recreated there arent many brit sci fis that are being kept alive, i rally do hope they are remaking b7 it was one of my faves as a kid.
rippanation 3 years ago
Yes it is true
kidsstuffandstories 3 years ago
hahaha:) Avon is the best, dry sarcasm:) Gan about Blake " He won't be alone, I'll stay with him" Avon: "Ok, so almost alone" hahaha:)
slumbercat 3 years ago
Ooh the episode I refer to is on youtube. How exciting.
/watch?v=299P6uM1C3U&feature=related
just after 2 minutes.
DerekWyt 3 years ago
This is great, but misses my favourite, which I really liked because I only noticed the put-down the second time I watched it:
It was in the episode called "Orbit".
Egrorian, big scientist type, is looking at Avon and Villa, and is not sure which one Avon is.
Egrorian asks "Which one of you is Avon?"
Avon answers "I am. That... is Vila."
Where the put-down is entirely dependent on the timing and enunciation of the word "that".
I think. Watch it, you'll see!
DerekWyt 3 years ago
Love Avon's intelligence. Just wish I had it on tap!
sheff875 3 years ago
I loved Avon the best because he was such a bitch!
and Servalan second for obvious reasons :)
Ladyspock 3 years ago
Luv Avon!!B still my heart!!lolz!
great vid!!
moya3535 3 years ago
Excellent. Thanks!
andyjimbo2006 3 years ago
Very good. Although you have missed his best.
"OK. You've made your impression, you can sit down now"
"What?"
"She knows that you're very brave. Now sit down"
WibbleClarke 3 years ago 2
This is awesome! I'm a big fan of his, as you can see. :) Thanks!! Now if we could just get the DVDs in America...
KirAvon 4 years ago
This is a great compilation. I like the one about Blake being in onr tree and Travis being in another.
thebblaze24 4 years ago
"Less reason to care" shouldn't have been in there, it's probably the only instance of Avon being nice about Vila.
southsea1984 4 years ago
Thanks for this. A highly entertaining 487 seconds.
I think you might have captured a good 70% of his best lines.
muralappi 4 years ago
A wonderful compilation. I'd forgotten some of those jibes. I adored this series for the badinage!
athenakt 4 years ago
I loved this show and used to be allowed to stay up late (to half past eight! :D) to watch it :) Perhaps it was a formative influence on my sense of humour ... Thanks, I really appreciated the trip back in time :)
Nyctophora 4 years ago
Hey...can i know who the actors are in this? if anybody knows? Some of them seem very familiar.
thanks.
:D
NovaCore33 4 years ago
Avon is played by Paul Darrow, Blake by Gareth Thomas, Villa by Michael Keating...forgot the others temporarily!
lenbadger11 4 years ago
gan was David Jackson, Serverlan was Jaqueline Pierce... not sure about others but can find out
buffykidd1971 4 years ago
There's a full cast list in the Wikipedia article on Blake's 7.
BumbleTheBard 4 years ago
Tarrant is Steven Pacey. Cally was Jan Chappell. Jenna - Sally Knyvette.
KaitainCPS 3 years ago
i used to love this as a kid.. Avon was always my favourite and I thought he was funny. Great Memories.. thanks
buffykidd1971 4 years ago
We used to "play Blakes 7" - I was usually Tarrant.
It's amazing that such a dark story captured so many children's imaginations in the UK. And some of the scenes of violence and torture were truly harrowing. They'd never go out at 8:30 these days.
I loved it!
jazzx251 4 years ago
i am not stupid
i am not expendable
and i am not going..
you know, i should put that on a t shirt!
buffykidd1971 4 years ago 5
"Staying with you requires a degree of stupidity of which I no longer feel capable."
"Now you're just being modest."
Brilliant. Put that on a T-shirt too!
Ashworth6 4 years ago
3:30 ROTFL...
stuartcw 4 years ago
You skipped Cally's response to Vila's question at 2:29. "You missed something." I did too, until my sister pointed it out.
Kartissa 4 years ago
People can say what they like about the 'look' of the show, or how this or that element of it has aged, or was no good to start with - wit and character development are rare and will carry the day.
pharoh73 4 years ago 4
Fantastic! thank you for the memories :o)
Henllan 4 years ago
Cool
TheGalacticForum 4 years ago
Check out my compilations of Servalan as well.
Dezaxa 4 years ago
funny.
CYBERDOODY 4 years ago